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Owego and Chenango Forks share title after scoreless soccer draw
Chenango Forks
— 3d
Three women’s soccer matches ended scoreless: Owego and Chenango Forks shared the STAC Small School title after two overtimes, Norwich was held despite a 29-5 shot advantage, and Wheeling drew with Davis & Elkins in conference play.
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Derek Foss
Scoreless draws like these show how evenly matched the teams are in the league.
Maine Wildness Named, 5,000 Deposits Sell Out
Michelle Akers
— 2d
Maine’s new USL W League team will be called the Maine Wildness and is scheduled to begin play in Portland in May 2027. Its community-developed name and crest evoke the state’s landscapes and women while incorporating a link to the Portland Hearts of Pine; strong early interest included 5,000 season-ticket deposits claimed in under an hour.
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Women’s College Teams Prepare for Weekend Matches
Sports
— 6d
Hawaiʻi women’s volleyball carries a six-match winning streak into its series at Wyoming, while Bowling Green prepares to host its final cross-country race before the MAC championship. In soccer, Utah Tech sought a rebound at Idaho State, Texas A&M–Victoria improved to 4-0-1 in conference play with a 3-1 win, and Idaho extended its unbeaten run to five matches with a scoreless draw against Northern Colorado.
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EA FC 27 Adds Ted Lasso, Lady Greyhounds
Sports
— 5d
EA Sports FC 27 is bringing Ted Lasso, Coach Beard and AFC Richmond’s women’s team, the Lady Greyhounds, into the game. Players can manage the team as Ted in Career Mode and play with them in modes including Kick Off, Online Seasons and Ultimate Team, with Richmond-themed rewards and Nelson Road returning.
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Pope Leo XIV Discharged From Hospital After Surgery, Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Spencer Lombardo · 3 min · 8h
Women’s Golf Teams Compete Across Three Collegiate Tournaments
Sports
— 6d
Illinois State and Troy are among the teams competing in the Lady Red Wolves Classic in Jonesboro, while UNCG heads to Wofford’s Terrier Collegiate in South Carolina. Tarleton State will play the three-day Golf Iconic Classic in New Mexico as it continues its fall schedule.
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AP Top 25 College Football Teams
Ranking
College football fans argue endlessly over which programs deserve the top spots in the AP Poll based on wins, schedule strength, and legacy.
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Women’s College Tennis Sees Fall Tournament Action
Sports
— 5d
UC Irvine will compete at the ITA Southwest Regional, while Virginia dominated its home invitational with a 19-2 singles record and Colby closed its fall schedule with several wins at the Bowdoin Invitational. Elsewhere, UW-Eau Claire fell 0-7 to UW-La Crosse, and George Mason split its matches with Mount St. Mary’s before weather canceled Sunday’s play.
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Syracuse falls across football, volleyball, women's soccer
Sports
— Oct 8, 2026
Syracuse football fell 28-25 at Virginia after surrendering a halftime lead, extending its losing streak against Power Four opponents to 11 games. The Orange volleyball team won its first set in ACC play but lost 3-1 to NC State, while women’s soccer lost 2-0 to Stanford after allowing a season-high 30 shots.
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Sydney Affolter Named Iowa Women’s Basketball Special Assistant
Sydney Affolter
— 2d
Iowa women’s basketball promoted former Hawkeye Sydney Affolter to special assistant to the head coach after she served as a graduate assistant in 2025-26. A four-year player who helped Iowa reach consecutive national championship games, she averaged career highs of 8.5 points and 7.8 rebounds as a senior.
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Arkansas Women’s Basketball Releases 2026-27 Schedule
Sports
— Oct 7, 2026
Arkansas women’s basketball enters 2026-27 with a largely rebuilt roster after a difficult first season under Kelsi Musick, and its schedule includes key tests against Wake Forest, Arkansas State and SEC opponents. The Razorbacks open Nov. 2 and begin SEC play Dec. 31, with 13 opponents having reached the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
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Precise emotion words unlock empathy and real belonging
Most adults can name only three emotions in the moment—happy, sad, and angry—so therapists, managers, parents, and Brown readers who keep talking past each other get a shared map of eighty-seven near-neighbor states.
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Colleges, Diamond League Release 2027 Schedules
Sports
— 5d
West Virginia and Virginia unveiled 2027 baseball schedules, with WVU opening Big 12 play at Houston and Virginia beginning at Globe Life Field before hosting 31 games; Virginia Tech will not meet UVA in an ACC series for the first time since 2005. George Mason announced a 16-game women’s lacrosse slate, while the 15-meeting Diamond League season runs May through August, opening in Doha and ending with the Zurich Final.
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Hawaii Volleyball Sweeps San Jose State Again
Sports
— Oct 10, 2026
Hawaii’s women’s volleyball team swept San Jose State twice over the weekend, extending its run of consecutive sweeps and remaining unbeaten atop the Mountain West at 6-0 despite playing without injured hitter Tali Hakas. Cha’lei Reid led the Rainbow Wahine in kills in both matches, and the team next travels to face Wyoming.
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Most Influential Women in World History
Yourlist
— Ranking
From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Montana State Scrimmages; Mississippi State Plans Exhibition
Sports
— Oct 5, 2026
Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech will play a women’s basketball exhibition at Choctaw Central High School’s Tushka Arena on Oct. 18, part of a partnership with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Montana State also gave fans an early look at its women’s team at its Blue and Gold scrimmage, where returning players and newcomers took the court.
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Iowa State Men Finish Top 20 at Nuttycombe
Sports
— Oct 8, 2026
Iowa State men’s cross-country finished 19th at the Nuttycombe Invitational in a nationally competitive field, with the women also competing after a three-week break. The Cyclone men’s golf team is also set to return to Big 12 Match Play in Salt Lake City after finishing ninth in last year’s tournament.
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Anne Carson wins Nobel for blending classical scholarship with desire
Canadian
— Oct 6, 2026
Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in Literature for work that brings classical ideas into inventive writing about human emotion. Other features explore overlooked voices in literary history, including Black women’s engagement with Shakespeare, a Golden Age Spanish priory’s influence, and a play by crypto-Jewish writer Felipe Godínez that drew the Inquisition’s attention.
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2026 Is The Gasoline Price Election, Not The Data Center Election
David Blackmon · 5 min · 8h
Netflix adds iconic broadcaster Andrés Cantor for 2027 Women’s World Cup
Andrés Cantor
— Sep 18, 2026
On Sept. 18, 2026, Netflix named Andrés Cantor its first play-by-play voice for the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil—his fifth, after every men's World Cup since 1986.
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Dana Whitfield
Adding Spanish and French commentary options alongside English is a practical choice for North American viewers.
Support Trump vs Support Democrats
Yourlist
— VS Battle
Every executive order, court fight, and agency purge just adds another tally mark to the same permanent scoreboard.
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Netflix Announces Daejon Love Fraud Documentary
Netflix
— 3d
Netflix is developing Untold: Wide Deceiver, a documentary centered on women allegedly defrauded by Daejon Love, who prosecutors say posed as a 49ers player and solicited money through romance and investment schemes. Love has pleaded not guilty to wire-fraud charges; the film has no announced release date.
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Rachel Meyers
It's wild that someone could pose as a 49ers player to run romance scams like that for so long.
NSIC Women’s Basketball Polls Rank Teams Across Conference
Smith College
— 2d
NSIC coaches’ preseason rankings place Minnesota State first, followed by Concordia–St. Paul and Sioux Falls; Minnesota Duluth is fifth, St. Cloud State eighth, Jamestown 13th and Wayne State 14th. The schools also named players to watch, including Jamestown’s returning standout and St. Cloud State’s Alana Zarneke.
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College basketball players earn preseason conference honors
Sports
— 4d
Basketball players across several conferences earned preseason honors: Campbell guard LaNa’e Felton made the CAA second team, while Clemson freshman Kimora Fields was named to the ACC All-Freshman team. Virginia’s Kymora Johnson and Georgia Tech’s Talayah Walker earned women’s Preseason All-ACC selections, and Virginia Tech’s Amani Hansberry was named to the men’s All-ACC second team.
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Three Rice Players Reach ITA Texas Main Draw
Sports
— Oct 8, 2026
Rice women’s tennis advanced players in both singles and doubles at the ITA Texas Regional in Waco, earning multiple match victories across the tournament’s opening days. The Owls’ regional run continues as they compete for further advancement.
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Vulnerability is courage, not the weakness culture assumes
Brené Brown’s twelve-year qualitative research gives managers who dodge hard feedback, parents raising resilient kids, and anyone who feels never-enough despite success a plain-language case for why emotional exposure is strength.
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Judge Permanently Dismisses Six Wisconsin Players’ Lawsuit
Marisa Moseley
— Oct 7, 2026
A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit by six former Wisconsin women’s basketball players who accused coach Marisa Moseley and university officials of psychological abuse and violations of their rights. The judge said the complaint did not establish claims under the Constitution or disability laws, though the allegations raised concerns about Moseley’s coaching practices.
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Oregon Sends Three Doubles Teams to ITA Round of 16
Sports
— Oct 7, 2026
Oregon women’s tennis advanced three doubles teams to the ITA Northwest Regionals’ Round of 16 and five players to the singles Round of 32, with all eight Ducks still alive in at least one draw. The team opened the tournament unbeaten on Thursday and continued its strong run Friday at Stanford.
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College Tennis Teams Record Opening-Day Regional Wins
Sports
— Oct 8, 2026
Brown’s women’s team advanced six players to the ITA New England Regionals main draw, while Brown’s men also advanced qualifiers to their regional main draw. Elsewhere, Belmont, UT Arlington and Austin Peay players recorded opening-day wins at their respective ITA regional championships, though several were eliminated in later qualifying rounds.
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LPGA Announces 2027 Schedule With Record $147M Purses
LPGA Tour
— Oct 7, 2026
The LPGA’s 2027 schedule features 33 tournaments and a record $147 million in prize money, with routing designed to cut travel by about 12,000 miles and give players more time to recover. The slate adds new events and prestigious venues, including a first Women’s Open at Royal St. George’s, and drew an enthusiastic response from players.
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Oklahoma Upsets No. 1 Texas in Red River Rivalry
Arch Manning
— Oct 8, 2026
Oklahoma State was picked to win the Big 12 women’s basketball title for the first time, narrowly edging two-time defending regular-season champion TCU in the preseason coaches’ poll. Audi Crooks was named Preseason Player of the Year and Liv McGill Preseason Newcomer of the Year, while TCU’s Jessie-May Hall earned Preseason Freshman of the Year.
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Army Bets $464,800,000 On Drone-Killing Lasers That Cost Under $10 A Shot
Simon August · 5 min · 9h
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